Boris Johnson and partner name their son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas after doctors who saved UK PM’s life

The couple named their newborn son after their grandfathers and the hospital doctors who treated the prime minister for Covid-19

Carrie Symonds announced the name on Instagram beside a picture of her and the boy

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Carrie Symonds posted a picture on her Instagram account of her cradling her son. Photo: Instagram

Published: 11:09pm, 2 May 2020Updated: 11:11pm, 2 May 2020

Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care doctors who they said had saved the British leader’s life as he battled Covid-19 complications.

Symonds announced the name on Saturday on Instagram beside a picture of her and the boy – who already has thick hair resembling the blond thatch of his father.

Symonds, 32, said Wilfred, who was born on Wednesday, was named after Johnson’s grandfather while Lawrie came from her grandfather.

Nicholas, Symonds said, was a nod to Nick Price and Nick Hart – two doctors who the couple have praised for saving Johnson’s life at St Thomas’ hospital last month.

“I couldn’t be happier,” Symonds said, adding her thanks to the maternity staff of University College London Hospital. “My heart is full.”

Johnson, 55, returned to work on Monday after recuperating from Covid-19, which had left him gravely ill in intensive care at the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. He thanked the doctors at St Thomas’ hospital whom, he said, had “saved my life, no question”.

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